Edmund Cartwright

Edmund Cartwright (24 April 1743-30 October 1823) was a British inventor who is best known for his invention of the power loom in 1784. Born in Marnham, Nottinghamshire, England in 1743, Cartwright built his first power loom in 1785, combining thread production with weaving output; he was working as a Protestant priest at the time. He died in Sussex in 1823 at the age of 80.